US Patent No: 7,182,684
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Method and means for stuffing natural casings with a sausage emulsion
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Feb 27, 2007
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Sep 10, 2003
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10/659,650
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Abstract
A method of stuffing natural casings with emulsion involves placing a follower against an upstream end of the natural casing to slide the natural casing forwardly along a hollow meat stuffing tube. The follower is mounted on the stuffing tube and advances the natural casing towards a discharge end of the stuffing tube, where sausage emulsion is injected into the natural casing. The follower pushes the filled casing through a hollow conical-shaped restricting device adjacent the discharge end which limits the outer diameter of the filled natural casing to ensure the uniform shape of the casing as it enters the twisting mechanism. The follower is connected to a longitudinally movable shaft that is parallel to the stuffing tube. A machine includes the foregoing components to accomplish this method.
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Cited Art
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| 4,489,460 Stuffing method and apparatus | 13 | 1983 | |
| 4,570,300 Casing article | 4 | 1984 | |
| 4,593,433 Stuffing apparatus and method | 10 | 1985 | |
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| 6,659,853 Method and means for stuffing natural casings with sausage emulsion | 8 | 2003 | |
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| 5,074,386 Casing brake construction | 37 | 1990 | |
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| 5,147,239 Method and apparatus for making sausages | 16 | 1991 | |
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| 5,156,565 Process to prepare natural casings in the pork butcher's trade and the device to implement it | 3 | 1990 | |
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| 4,417,368 Apparatus for and process of controlled sub-volume filling of casings | 14 | 1981 | |
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| 6,066,036 Separating device for the filling in and the clipping of products which may have been melted and then resolidified, solid in the form of a paste or dense of different size | 10 | 1998 | |
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| 4,232,759 Mobile ladder-scaffolding system | 25 | 1979 | |
| 4,434,528 Process and apparatus for making partially filled air-free sausage casings | 10 | 1982 | |
| 4,419,790 Filling tube for filling tubular casings with pasty material | 7 | 1982 | |
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